Barfly Podcast

By Jeff BurkhartSociety & Culture Business Arts Food

Barfly Podcast episodes

July 08, 2025 Season Six: Chris McCarthy, the "Mac" in Mac's 19 Broadway
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We welcome longtime bartender, Chris McCarthy to the show. 43 years in the industry and now the re-owner of 19 Broadway in Fairfax.
17 min
June 03, 2025 Season Six: Brendan Moylan, award winning brewer, award winning distiller
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Legendary restaurateur, Brendan Moylan (Marin Brew Co., Noonan's, Moylan's Brewery and Restaurant) joins us to talk about transitioning from brewing to distilling
24 min
April 30, 2025 Barfly Podcast: Sean Saylor of Sausalito's Saylor's Landing and Saylor's Restaurant and Bar
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We welcome Sean Saylor, former owner of Saylor's Restaurant and Bar in Sausalito to discuss why a quarter century of owning his own restaurant was enough for him.
17 min
April 01, 2025 Barfly Podcast: Erin Hines, Bitter Girl Bitters, Mijo and Guesthouse
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We catch up with multitasker extraordinaire, Erin Hines, Beverage Director at both Guesthouse and Mijo in Marin, and the proprietor of Bitter Girl Bitters
20 min
November 16, 2024 Season Finale: with Daedalus Howell of the Pac Sun and Leanne Battelle of the Marin IJ
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For our Season Five Finale, we welcome Leanne Battelle, the restaurant review writer for the Marin Independent Journal (and the editor of the Real Deal Marin website) and Daedalus Howell, the editor of the Pacific Sun (and Bohemian) for a lively discussion on the state of the restaurant business
27 min
November 07, 2024 Season Five: Damon Boelte, brand manager for King Floyd's bitters and the owner of Brooklyn's Grand Army bar
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We welcome Damon Boelte, the owner of the award-winning Downtown Brooklyn cocktail bar, Grand Army, as well as the host of the acclaimed radio show, The Speakeasy, which recently won the award for Best Broadcast from Tales of the Cocktail, to talk about cocktail competitions.
19 min
October 15, 2024 Season Five: Jason Sims, managing partner of the new Corner Bar in Mill Valley
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We welcome back to the program well-traveled Marin mixologist Jason Sims, who is not only Bungalow 44's longtime managing partner, but now also the managing partner of the newly opened Corner Bar in Mill Valley
17 min
August 21, 2024 Season Five: Alex Tarantino, the new General Manager of the iconic Buckeye Roadhouse
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We chat with Alex Tarantino, the first new GM at the Buckeye Roadhouse in over a quarter century about what it means to take over a legacy restaurant.
25 min
July 23, 2024 Season Five: Jonas Alt, Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater nightclub
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For our first live music venue guest, we welcome Jonas Alt the Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater Nightclub in Mill Valley
20 min
June 24, 2024 Season Five: Scott Beattie, cocktail pioneer and bar consultant at Watershed
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We welcome Scott Beattie, the author of 2008’s “Artisanal Cocktails: Drinks Inspired by the Seasons from the Bar at Cyrus” and is the man behind the bar programs at Barndiva, Goose and Gander, Spoonbar, Meadowood, and Hog Island in San Francisco, and now Watershed in Mill Valley.
28 min

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Take a peek behind the hospitality industry curtain with hosts Jeff Burkhart (Marin IJ’s Barfly; Best Column in California, 2021) and Kevin Blum (editor for the Marin County entertainment portal:…